Saturday, November 29, 2008

Gobble! Gobble!

The Fellas of the South came up for turkey day with the Fellas of the North. All the way from Gulf Shores, Alabama. Nana and Papa have been braving the snowy weather to spend five days with us. We fried our turkey, which we have done once before. It turned out awesome. Then we tried something new and fried up some sweet potato fries, then sprinkled them with cinnamon sugar. Can you say, YUM? Of course no Thanksgiving is complete without the funeral beans a.k.a. green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and burn & serve rolls. We skipped the cranberries because no one really likes those, do they? We topped the meal off with Rachael Scott's famous (at least in my house) peanut butter pie and some apple streudel. We were going to make a pumpkin pie but the recipe we wanted was online and the internet was too jammed to get it so that'll come later in the visit because Jane says she's not leaving until she gets some. We headed to Runyans Tree Farm in Clio on Friday to partake in our family tradition of cutting our Christmas Tree. We voted for a Balsam Fir and found ourselves the perfect 8 footer. We warmed up with hot chocolate and indulged in some gingerbread cookies afterwards.

About Me

Well, I'm just getting my feet wet with this blogging stuff so I'm not really sure what all I should put in here. I'm God's favorite kid (but aren't we all), Married to Mike, Mom to Brooke a beautiful, hard working, 23 yr. old theater major at Oakland University & JoJo a rambunctious 6th grader who gives the best hugs. We are in the long (over 2 yrs.) process of adopting from China. I love to get involved in events and activities, especially at the church probably just because I like to boss people around. God has gifted me with a great imagination and uses me as a vehicle for expressing his ideas. I love how God provides me with a sense for the details in these things and that I am able to glorify him with these gifts and talents.